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St. Valentine’s Day

“Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised“. Guy De Maupassant, Miss Harriet

Two lovers from Codex Manesse Bernger von Horheim, completed in 1340
Posted on February 14, 2025 by Diana @ Thoughts on PapyrusPosted in QuotesTagged Codex Manesse, Saint Valentine, St. Valentine's Day. 1 Comment

"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his own soul?" Matthew 16:26, The Bible

“World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jewelled inner life matters." Rumi

“None can reach dawn without travelling the road of night." Kahlil Gibran

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